DEEP SKY OBJECTS

Astronomers debunk controversial study, confirm universe still expanding at accelerating rate

The team, which included Nobel laureates, debunked claims that cosmic expansion was slowing down.
Published: 2 hours ago  |  By Biplab Das

JWST spots the edge of cosmic dawn and the universe's first stars may lie just beyond

This offers a glimpse into when the first galaxies emerged from the darkness of the early universe.
Published: 5 hours ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Astronomers have finally solved the mystery of how galaxy-killing winds formed in the early universe

These fierce winds strip away star-forming gas, pushing early galaxies to the brink of death.
Published: 9 hours ago  |  By Biplab Das

Peering into the cosmic dawn, MIT astronomers find earliest known flickering quasar

The flickering quasar is from the universe's infancy, when it was just 850 million years old.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Biplab Das

A strange 'crystal' in spacetime could be all it takes to form a tiny black hole, study hints

Scientists have described for the first time how spacetime could crystallize into a tiny black hole.
Published: 1 day ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

James Webb detects most distant dormant black hole ever found at over 10 billion light-years away

The detection may help answer how black holes and galaxies evolve together.
Published: 4 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

A 50-year-old secret of Milky Way's central supermassive black hole is finally out

Astrophysicists at Northwestern University have found evidence of a powerful wind blowing away from the Sagittarius A*.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Biplab Das

What happened to black holes from the Big Bang? Study says they might be alive today as white holes

The study found that the lifetime of black holes is far longer than initially thought.
Published: 7 days ago  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Many planets have 'diesel engines' that fill their atmosphere with soot, new study finds

A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters says that many planets in the universe may be shrouded in soot, thanks to their high pressures and temperatures.
Published: Jun 4, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Astronomers finally solve the mystery of long-period radio signals from deep space

"It’s not often you get to play a role in discoveries of this magnitude."
Published: Jun 4, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Hubble captures images of M88 on its collision course with M87 in the Virgo Cluster

As M88 heads towards M87 through the intracluster medium, it is being stripped of star-forming gas.
Published: Jun 3, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

Astronomers spent 6 years studying a supermassive black hole’s revival. Here’s what they found

Standard theories don't fully explain how fast this black hole changed states.
Published: Jun 3, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Another planet in our early solar system? First evidence of Moon-sized object found from meteorite

Scientists found proof that a giant early planet existed in the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
Published: Jun 3, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Astronomers spot rare cosmic blast that may have completely erased a giant star

Astronomers initially thought the explosion was a Type II supernova, but some things just didn't add up.
Published: Jun 2, 2026  |  By Disita Sikdar

Scientists have found a way to weigh newborn planets—the key is to read 'between the rings'

The bright rings that newborn planets create around their young stars can be studied to figure out their masses.
Updated: Jun 2, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

James Webb Space Telescope has found a stellar bar that should not exist

A stellar bar has been discovered in the galaxy GN20, which dates back to just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang.
Published: Jun 2, 2026  |  By Disita Sikdar

Most massive galaxies stopped producing stars very early on in their lives—scientists find out why

To find answers, scientists looked into two very different populations—Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies and Massive Quiescent Galaxies.
Published: May 29, 2026  |  By Disita Sikdar

Astrophotographer captures stunning image of Horsehead Nebula after over 115 hours of observation

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer spent 115 hours collecting image data with a Radian Raptor 61 mm telescope an astronomy camera.
Published: May 29, 2026  |  By Ankita Garkoti

Black hole binaries in the universe are produced in more than one way, says new study

Scientists analyzed hundreds of collisions before concluding that black hole binaries originate in distinct sub-populations.
Published: May 28, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures dwarf irregular galaxy located 23 million light-years away

The telescope operational for over 35 years has been looking at the movement of cosmic matter.
Published: May 28, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath
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